Guangdong Province

Location:

Guangdong is situated
in the southern most part of China.

Area:

177,600 square kilometers

Climate:

Guangdong is located
in the subtropical zone. Most pasts of it
belong to the subtropical monsoon climate.
So it has long summers and warm winters. The
average annual temperature rises gradually
from the north to the south, that is ,from
about 19¡æto22¡æ.The
average annual rainfall is over 1,500 mm.
Therefore the whole province is green all
the year round and is seething with life everywhere.

provincial capital:

Guangzhou

Population:

86.42 millions (March
2001)

Ethnic groups:

Guangdong is a multi-national
provice. Besides the ltan people, there are
other ethnic groups, such as Yao, Hui, Manchu,
Yi, Li, Miao and so on, totaling 42.

Major Cities:

Shenzhen; Chaozhou;
Dongguan; Shantou; Shunde; Zhuhai;

Agriculture:

In as much as only
about 15 percent of its land is under cultivation,
agriculture is of necessity extremely intensive.
The limited extent of sown land avaialble
is, however, partly offset by repeated uses
of it. Two crops of rice a year can be grown
on most cultivated land, the annual yields
resulting from two harvests exceed the national
average. Rice is is the leading crop, occupying
76 percent of the total cultivated area and
accounting for over 80 percent of Guangdong's
total food production.

Industry:

Light industry has
always been of significance in the province.
Apart from handicrafts, light industry --
especially food processing and the manufacture
of textiles -- accounts considerablly the
provincial industry. Sugar refining is centred
in Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shunde, Jiangmen and
Shantou, while silk filature (the reeling
of silk from cocoons) and weaving are well
developed in Guangzhou, Foshan and Shunde.
Heavy industry include metal processing, the
manufacture of machinery, shipbuilding and
ship repairing, the production of hydroelectricity
and mining.